# 119-s-836: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act 119-s-836, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status passed_senate; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-836 - As of: 2026-09-10 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-836 - Congress: 119 - Title: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act - Status: passed_senate - Introduced: 2025-03-04 - Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA) - Cosponsors: 21 - Policy area: Commerce - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-10 ## Summary **expand COPPA to cover teens and modern online technologies.** This bill would broaden the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to explicitly protect teens and to cover websites, apps, mobile apps, and connected devices while tightening consent and advertising rules for youth data. - Families and teens: Teens (ages 13 to under 17) would get teen-specific rights to verifiable consent, access copies of their data, request deletion, and challenge inaccuracies. Parents would receive clear notices and consent tools about what is collected and why. - Operators and advertisers: The bill would widen the definition of personal information to include persistent identifiers and biometric data and would prohibit individual-specific advertising to children and teens while allowing contextual ads and certain household-targeted ads. It would require operators to limit retention, implement reasonable security practices, and avoid using data collected for internal operations for other purposes. - Schools and regulators: Operators working with schools would have to provide detailed notices and let schools review or request deletion of student data. The Federal Trade Commission would study a common verifiable consent mechanism and publish guidance within 180 days, and the Government Accountability Office would report on teens' use of financial technology within 1 year. ## Cosponsors (21) - Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-11-03T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Clear consent and data rights for minors: benefit, medium. If enacted, companies would need to give clear notices about what they collect and how they use it for children and teens. They would need verifiable consent from a parent for a child, or from a teen, before collecting, using, or sharing personal information. They would need new consent before any… - Limits on ads and data retention: benefit, medium. If enacted, companies would have to delete a child’s or teen’s data when it is no longer needed to provide the requested service, unless the law requires keeping it longer. They would have to tell the parent or teen before storing or sending personal information outside the United States. Companies… - Privacy rules would extend to teens: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would expand COPPA to cover teens ages 13 to under 17. It would apply to websites, online and mobile apps, and connected devices. More data would count as personal information, like names, contact info, persistent IDs, photos, geolocation, and biometrics. A company would be tr… - FTC guidance and state enforcement for minors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the FTC would issue guidance within 180 days on when a service is treated as knowing a user is a child or teen. The guidance would not create new rights or bind enforcement. The FTC would report to Congress in 3 years on platforms for kids’ apps and publish required materials. States wo… - Stronger data security for minors: benefit, low. If enacted, companies that collect children’s or teens’ personal information would need to use reasonable security practices. These practices would protect the data’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability. They would also protect against unauthorized access. - Bank regulators would enforce kids’ privacy: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would assign enforcement for insured banks to the appropriate federal banking regulator instead of the FDIC Board. This would not change families’ rights, but it would change which agency oversees bank compliance. ## Related bills - 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 - 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas. - 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona. - 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina. - 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan. - 119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California. ## Sources - [119-s-836 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/836) ## Related - [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071) - [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913) - [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897) - [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801) - [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755) - [119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-739) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-836 (as of 2026-09-10).